XPost: sci.electronics.components, sci.electronics.design   
   From: rbehm@hushmail.com   
      
   Ralph Mowery wrote:   
      
   > In article <0001HW.1D33507700174B6A10BAE03CF@news.eternal-   
   > september.org>, not@home.cow says...   
   >>   
   >> On 10 Jul 2016, John Larkin writ:   
   >>   
   >> > I always pull a few extra of the smaller surface-mount parts. It's   
   >> > dependable that I'll lose a few before I get them soldered down.   
   >>   
   >> Required SMD tool: vacuum cleaner (hoover to you Empire boys) with empty   
   >> bag.   
   >   
   > I am glad the resistors and capacitors are only a few cents.  If I need   
   > only one or several, I always get atleast 10 of them.  Don't usually   
   > loose any if I do.  If I don't or the part is several dollars or more   
   > and I get just the required ammount I usually drop one and spend lots of   
   > time looking for it.   
      
   We call that here the "umbrella effect". If you have an umbrella with you it   
   does not rain.   
      
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